The diagram illustrates the process used to manufacture bottled and canned carbonated drinks.
Overall, the production involves five main stages, starting with cleaning raw water and ending with packaging the finished products for delivery to supermarkets. During the process, water is purified, heated, cooled and carbonated before being mixed with additives and finally filled into bottles and cans.
In the first stage, raw water is passed through a filter and then treated with a water softener and chemicals in order to remove impurities. After this, the cleaned water is pumped to electric heaters, where it is heated. The hot water then flows through a cooling pipe before entering a carbonation chamber, in which carbon dioxide is added to produce carbonated water.
Next, in stage three, the carbonated water is transferred to a mixing tank. At this point, colouring, syrup and flavour are added and thoroughly mixed to form the final drink.
In stage four, the mixture is filtered once again and then poured into two types of containers: bottles and cans. In the final stage, both bottled and canned drinks are packed into boxes and transported by truck to supermarkets for sale.